Baanah son of Rimmon
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Baanah son of Rimmon was a Benjaminite who, together with his brother Rechab, assassinated Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul, as recorded in the Hebrew Bible.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Baanah son of Rimmon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4852519 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Baanah son of Rimmon Context triple: [Ish-bosheth, killedBy, Baanah son of Rimmon]
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A.
Zimran
Zimran is a lesser-known biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of Abraham's sons by his wife Keturah.
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B.
Abinoam
Abinoam is a biblical figure mentioned in the Old Testament as the father of the Israelite military leader Barak.
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C.
Heman the Ezrahite
Heman the Ezrahite is a biblical figure traditionally regarded as the wise author of Psalm 88 and noted for his exceptional wisdom in the Old Testament.
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D.
Palti son of Laish
Palti son of Laish is a minor biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the man to whom King Saul gave his daughter Michal after separating her from David.
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E.
Berechiah
Berechiah is a biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as part of the priestly and prophetic lineage associated with the prophet Zechariah.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Baanah son of Rimmon Target entity description: Baanah son of Rimmon was a Benjaminite who, together with his brother Rechab, assassinated Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul, as recorded in the Hebrew Bible.
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A.
Zimran
Zimran is a lesser-known biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of Abraham's sons by his wife Keturah.
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B.
Abinoam
Abinoam is a biblical figure mentioned in the Old Testament as the father of the Israelite military leader Barak.
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C.
Nathan of Gaza
Nathan of Gaza was a 17th-century Jewish mystic and kabbalist who became the chief theologian and prophet of the messianic movement surrounding Shabbetai Tzvi.
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D.
Heman the Ezrahite
Heman the Ezrahite is a biblical figure traditionally regarded as the wise author of Psalm 88 and noted for his exceptional wisdom in the Old Testament.
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E.
Palti son of Laish
Palti son of Laish is a minor biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the man to whom King Saul gave his daughter Michal after separating her from David.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| actedTogetherWith | Rechab son of Rimmon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | consolidation of David’s kingship over Israel ⓘ |
| bodyDisplayedAt | pool in Hebron ⓘ |
| broughtHeadOf | Ish-bosheth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broughtHeadTo | David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | execution ordered by David ⓘ |
| claimedMotive | to avenge King David on Saul and his descendants ⓘ |
| co-conspirator | Rechab son of Rimmon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contemporaryWith |
Ish-bosheth
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
King David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Benjaminite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| executedBy | David’s men NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Rimmon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| judgedBy | David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| killed | Ish-bosheth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | hands and feet cut off ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
2 Samuel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
2 Samuel 4 ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
|
| moralEvaluationInText | condemned by David ⓘ |
| notableFor | assassination of Ish-bosheth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | military officer ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Israel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mahanaim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalContext | rivalry between the house of Saul and the house of David ⓘ |
| position | captain of raiding bands ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Israelite religion ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | assassin of Ish-bosheth ⓘ |
| scripturalTradition | Deuteronomistic history NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedUnder | Ish-bosheth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling | Rechab son of Rimmon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | biblical period ⓘ |
| tribe | Tribe of Benjamin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| victimOfAssassination | Ish-bosheth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Baanah son of Rimmon Description of subject: Baanah son of Rimmon was a Benjaminite who, together with his brother Rechab, assassinated Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul, as recorded in the Hebrew Bible.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.